Lesson Description: This is a multi-phased project that involves students acting as a Global Correspondent for a specific region of the world. Students should first be assigned to small groups (4-5 students), each group is then assigned a region of the world to study.
Phase One: Individual Global Correspondents Tracking Sheets
Phase Two: Small Group Global Correspondents Anchor Sheets
Phase Three: Small Group Podcasting
The overall purpose of this assignment is to have students learn about news a specific region of the world, to synthesized what has been learned about current events in that region and then finally create and communicate what has been learned about news in that region.
Time Required: Several classes (5-6 x 60 minute classes), depending on the speed at which your students work.
Specific Curriculum Outcomes: Department of Education, New Brunswick - World Issues 120 (no specific outcome fulfilled, as there are no outcomes specified in this curriculum document).
Section Two: Project/Lesson Implementation
Equipment/Materials Required:
Phase One: Handout: Individual Tracking Sheet -- Students will require internet access to track news stories from their region.
. The purpose of this project is to familiarize students with current events happening in various regions of the world. It is also the goal of this project to make connections between events that are happening around the world and their own lives as global citizens. Students will then discuss their findings (as were recorded on their Individual Tracking Sheets) in their small group of Global Correspondents using Anchor Sheets. The final phase of this project requires students to synthesize what they have learned, to evaluate which stories had the most global significance and to create a podcast to share their findings.
The objectives of this on-going project were: - to create a greater awareness among students about World Issues and global current events - to allow students with a range of talents to contribute to their group's final project - to create an environment for students to collaborate and discuss global current events - to use technology to communicate a message with their peers and a wider audience - to have students do meaningful work in a small group setting
Suggested Assessment Strategies:
It would be recommended that you discuss each step of this process with your students and that you communicate with them about what the expectation is for each section of this project. At the end of the project students completed a peer evaluation form that was considered as part of the final mark.
Section One: Project/Lesson Overview
Grade: 12
Subject: World Issues
Lesson Title: Global Correspondents
Lesson Description: This is a multi-phased project that involves students acting as a Global Correspondent for a specific region of the world. Students should first be assigned to small groups (4-5 students), each group is then assigned a region of the world to study.
Phase One: Individual Global Correspondents Tracking Sheets
Phase Two: Small Group Global Correspondents Anchor Sheets
Phase Three: Small Group Podcasting
The overall purpose of this assignment is to have students learn about news a specific region of the world, to synthesized what has been learned about current events in that region and then finally create and communicate what has been learned about news in that region.
Time Required: Several classes (5-6 x 60 minute classes), depending on the speed at which your students work.
Specific Curriculum Outcomes: Department of Education, New Brunswick - World Issues 120 (no specific outcome fulfilled, as there are no outcomes specified in this curriculum document).
Section Two: Project/Lesson Implementation
Equipment/Materials Required:
Phase One: Handout: Individual Tracking Sheet -- Students will require internet access to track news stories from their region.
Individual Tracking Sheet.pdf
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Phase Two: Completed Tracking Sheets and Handout: Global Correspondents Anchor Charts
Activity - Anchor Charts.pdf
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Phase Three: Completed Tracking Sheets, Completed Storyboards Handout: AND each group will require access to an Apple computer (w/ Garage Band)
Podcasting - Brochure.pdf
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Storyboard.pdf
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Podcast Instructions.pdf
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Lesson Procedures/Teaching Strategies:
The first step in this assignment is to introduce this project to your students
Technology Assignment - Podcasting.pdf
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The objectives of this on-going project were: - to create a greater awareness among students about World Issues and global current events - to allow students with a range of talents to contribute to their group's final project - to create an environment for students to collaborate and discuss global current events - to use technology to communicate a message with their peers and a wider audience - to have students do meaningful work in a small group setting
Suggested Assessment Strategies:
It would be recommended that you discuss each step of this process with your students and that you communicate with them about what the expectation is for each section of this project. At the end of the project students completed a peer evaluation form that was considered as part of the final mark.Other Web Resources:
Model of a Podcast Rubric: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/podcastrubric.html
Class Blog with Link to Global Correspondents podcast: http://ohsworldissues.blogspot.com